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Brad Miller
Administrator

Posts: 13596
From: Rockwall, Texas, USA (a safe 1465 miles away from COOTVILLE, California)
Registered: May 99

posted 09-03-2002 05:53 AM

Has your booth amassed a mountain of those plastic coupling cores that come with FilmGuard and Film-Tech media pads? A lot of requests for some form of recycling program for those cores have been coming in over the months, so we're going to do a 9 month test run starting right now. Pack 'em up, save the planet and get free stuff in return!

Click the "FilmGuard" button in the nagivational menu on the left side of your screen and follow the link for more info. Be sure to check the link from time to time, as minor policy changes and other offers may sneak up as this is fine tuned.

Of if you want to take a shortcut, you can just click here.

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System Notices
Forum Watchdog / Soup Nazi

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Registered: Apr 2004

posted 09-12-2005 01:00 AM

It has been 1104 days since the last post.

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Brad Miller
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Posts: 13596
From: Rockwall, Texas, USA (a safe 1465 miles away from COOTVILLE, California)
Registered: May 99

posted 09-12-2005 01:00 AM

We've been doing this for 3 years now, and although it has gotten a good response, I have a feeling many people are not aware of the program so I'm bumping it to the top of the forum.

BTW, congrats to AMC, as they have clearly been the biggest participants in recycling these cores. [thumbsup]

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Dominic Espinosa
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 867
From: Los Banos, CA
Registered: Jan 2004

posted 09-12-2005 08:49 PM

quote:
Has your booth amassed a mountain of those plastic coupling cores that come with FilmGuard and Film-Tech media pads?

Yes. Yes it has. We've got about a full box and a half.
Not yet enough to send in though [Frown]

It's a great thing though that you're doing this.

--dom

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Cory Isemann
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 500
From: White Plains, MD, USA
Registered: Jun 2004

posted 09-16-2005 10:13 PM

I think I'm the only one in my area that sends them in at all.

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System Notices
Forum Watchdog / Soup Nazi

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Registered: Apr 2004

posted 04-12-2007 01:50 AM

It has been 572 days since the last post.

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Raphael Friedland
Film Handler

Posts: 28
From: Raanana Israel
Registered: Nov 2005

posted 04-12-2007 01:50 AM

Dear Brad you are ignoring me (film-guard)

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Brad Miller
Administrator

Posts: 13596
From: Rockwall, Texas, USA (a safe 1465 miles away from COOTVILLE, California)
Registered: May 99

posted 04-12-2007 02:35 AM

I guess so since I have no idea what you are talking about.

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Joseph Matteo
Film Handler

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From: fullerton ca usa
Registered: Dec 2006

posted 09-16-2007 04:43 PM

ok,what to do with all the empty film guard bottles i have 23 sitting around with nothing to do. [Confused]

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Chris Slycord
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1100
From: Houston, TX, USA
Registered: Mar 2007

posted 09-16-2007 11:10 PM

1) Clean them out well, relabel them, use to contain cleaner that need spraying.

2) Recycle them
2a) Depending on where you live, you might have government regulations on recycling something with these chemicals inside.

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Monte L Fullmer
Film God

Posts: 4254
From: Nampa, Idaho, USA
Registered: Nov 2004

posted 09-17-2007 01:12 AM

..yes, they're probably labelled "2" for HDPE .. standard recycle material..

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Dustin Mitchell
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1686
From: Mondovi, WI, USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 09-17-2007 02:05 PM

I'm not sure how Chris's first suggestion would work with OSHA regulations. At the very least you would not be able to use hand made labels. Better just to buy new bottles or order pre-labeled cleaning bottles from your suppliers. Its safer, adheres to government regulations, and isn't that expensive.

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Ken Lackner
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1439
From: Lithia Springs, GA, USA
Registered: Sep 2001

posted 09-17-2007 05:13 PM

I agree with Dustin. Most companies have policies that prohibit mixing chemicals or using a container that perviously housed one chemical for a different one, no matter how thoroughly the container has been cleaned. Spray bottles like that aren't terribly expenive.

Recycling seems your best option.

(Unless Brad starts selling FG in bulk, like those one-gallon cans of WD-40 where you use your own spray bottle. [Smile]

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Brad Miller
Administrator

Posts: 13596
From: Rockwall, Texas, USA (a safe 1465 miles away from COOTVILLE, California)
Registered: May 99

posted 09-17-2007 05:29 PM

They are sold in quart bottles because if we sold it in bulk then we would have a dual inventory to deal with. Furthermore many of the typical spray bottles like you might buy at a Home Depot don't have a sprayer or bottle made out of a material that is suitable for the chemical composition. Trust me when I say it doesn't add any cost to the final product anyway.

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John Hawkinson
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1830
From: Cambridge, MA, USA
Registered: Feb 2002

posted 09-17-2007 08:06 PM

Re dual inventory: SR, A, and CDS versions, please! [Cool]

--jhawk

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